Last updated: 15 June 2026
WHO WE ARE
Welcome to dapple.org.uk, the website of Dapple.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect personal information when you visit or interact with our website.
You can find our most recent contact details on our Contact page.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
We may collect personal information when you use our website, leave a comment, submit a contact form, upload media, interact with embedded content, or use website features that require cookies or analytics.
The personal information we collect depends on how you use the Site.
COMMENTS
When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us detect and prevent spam automatically.
An anonymised string created from your email address, also known as a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. You can review Gravatar’s privacy policy at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment is approved, your profile picture, if connected to Gravatar, may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
MEDIA UPLOADS
If you upload images, files, or other media to the website, you should avoid uploading files that contain embedded location data, including EXIF GPS data.
Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from uploaded files.
COOKIES
Our website may use cookies to improve functionality, remember preferences, help with security, support comments, and understand general visitor behaviour.
If you leave a comment on the Site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are provided for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies may last for one year.
If login functionality is available, temporary cookies may be used to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. These cookies do not contain personal data and are usually deleted when you close your browser.
Login cookies may last for two days, and screen preference cookies may last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login may persist for up to two weeks. When you log out, login cookies are removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It usually expires after one day.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect how parts of the Site function.
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES
Articles on the Site may include embedded content, such as videos, images, maps, social media posts, or other third-party content.
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited those websites directly. These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you are logged in to that third-party service.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites. You should review their privacy policies before interacting with embedded content.
ANALYTICS
We may use privacy-friendly analytics tools to understand general visitor trends, such as which pages are visited, how users find the Site, device type, browser type, approximate location, and general usage patterns.
Where possible, analytics information is aggregated or anonymised. We use this information to improve the Site, understand performance, and make content more useful to visitors.
LAWFUL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
Where UK data protection law applies, we rely on one or more lawful bases to process personal data, including:
Consent, where you have given clear permission for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
Legitimate interests, where processing is necessary for operating, improving, securing, and managing the Site, provided your rights do not override those interests.
Legal obligation, where we need to process or retain information to comply with applicable laws.
Contractual necessity, where processing is needed to provide a service or respond to a request you have made.
HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR DATA
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This helps us recognise and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
If user registration is available and you create an account, we store the personal information provided in your user profile. Registered users can usually see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except they may not be able to change their username. Site administrators may also be able to view and edit that information.
Contact form messages may be retained for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and maintain reasonable records.
Analytics data may be retained for a limited period depending on the analytics tool used.
We may retain certain information for longer where required for legal, administrative, security, fraud prevention, or dispute resolution purposes.
WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services, such as Akismet or similar tools.
If the Site uses third-party services for hosting, analytics, security, email delivery, spam prevention, or website functionality, those service providers may process limited personal data on our behalf.
We do not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to third parties for marketing or advertising purposes.
WHERE YOUR DATA IS SENT
The Site is operated from the United Kingdom. Depending on the services we use, your information may be processed by third-party service providers located in the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, the United States, or other countries.
Where personal data is transferred internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, where required by applicable data protection law.
YOUR DATA RIGHTS
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights in relation to your personal data, including the right to:
Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Request deletion of your personal data.
Object to certain types of processing.
Request restriction of processing.
Request transfer of your personal data, where applicable.
Withdraw consent where we rely on consent as the lawful basis for processing.
If you have left comments or created an account, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You may also request that we delete personal data we hold about you.
This does not include data we are required to keep for legal, administrative, security, or operational purposes.
To make a data rights request, please contact us through our Contact page.
COMPLAINTS
If you are concerned about how we handle your personal data, please contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue.
If you are based in the United Kingdom, you may also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK supervisory authority for data protection matters.
DATA SECURITY
We use reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, disclosure, misuse, alteration, or loss.
These measures may include SSL encryption, secure hosting, access controls, spam prevention tools, and limiting access to personal data to authorised personnel only.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The Site is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information through the Site, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
The Site may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party websites.
When you leave our Site, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
CONSENT
By accessing or using our website, you confirm that you have read this Privacy Policy and understand how we collect and use information as described here.
Where consent is required for specific processing activities, we will request it separately where appropriate.
UPDATES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, along with the updated date at the top.
Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted means that you accept the updated Privacy Policy.
CONTACT
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal data is collected, used, or managed, please contact us through our Contact page.